Picking up where Darkness Beyond the Horizon left off, Ripper is now free. Free to wander the world. But it isn't the world that he once knew. it's different, and much, much has happened since he was imprisoned. Little does he know that soon he going to influence Equestria in a very big way as the growing shadows slowly converge in on Equestria. Will Ripper adapt to his new surroundings or will he bring all of Equestria crashing down?

Part one of the World of Shadows trilogy.